diff --git a/Dfe.ManageFreeSchoolProjects/Dfe.ManageFreeSchoolProjects.API/Dfe.ManageFreeSchoolProjects.API.csproj b/Dfe.ManageFreeSchoolProjects/Dfe.ManageFreeSchoolProjects.API/Dfe.ManageFreeSchoolProjects.API.csproj
index bcdd322c7..9a39c16c9 100644
--- a/Dfe.ManageFreeSchoolProjects/Dfe.ManageFreeSchoolProjects.API/Dfe.ManageFreeSchoolProjects.API.csproj
+++ b/Dfe.ManageFreeSchoolProjects/Dfe.ManageFreeSchoolProjects.API/Dfe.ManageFreeSchoolProjects.API.csproj
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
         <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
       </PackageReference>
-      <PackageReference Include="FluentValidation.DependencyInjectionExtensions" Version="11.7.1" />
+      <PackageReference Include="FluentValidation.DependencyInjectionExtensions" Version="11.8.0" />
       <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="7.0.0" />
       <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens" Version="7.0.0" />
       <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen" Version="6.5.0" />